So I've been a user here for 2 months and I've seen a lot of changes happen, met a lot of new people and had to witness a few people whose articles I liked go because real life called for them. And I can honestly say that it's started to become a bit empty here. From the interactions, the comments, and now even subscriptions
Empty comments
I can say that I'm guilty with this before but as I passed my time here, I found that engaging in discussions and criticisms are really satisfying instead of just the "cool, wow, nice, nice article, good job, keep writing, etc" that we receive. There's plenty that can be said about an article that's heartfelt. Those kinds of words will definitely be far better than anything, really. Imagine putting so much effort into an article or artwork only to receive a "nice" quite sad, right? Doesn't even feel like they noticd your work to begin with too
Empty subscriptions
This is something I've seen through complaints. Some asking why they have so many subscribers yet only a few view their articles. Probably, you gained those subscribers through giveaways and contests and not through content. As much as we would like to help by subscribing, it doesn't really matter if that subscriber wasn't earned theough your content, thus why you will always get very limited views. Then there's also the case of people asking for the "I'll subscribe to you, subscribe me back" I'm not trying to be clean here, I'm also guilty of this before but now I see that it was never worth it unless they eventually come to enjoy your articles
Empty sponsorships
I have sponsors. Some of them actually do go through my content and it makes me happy. I sponsor people whose content I really enjoy and even follow intently but then I see people hosting sponsorships, some sponsors don't even bat an eye at the content their sponsorship recipients make. Just as long as the sponsored is active and proudly display their sponsorship badge, it doesn't matter because they get a bit of self promotion in the end. Yes sponsors are encouraging but only when they were done with the interest of the content in mind and not for the sake of just sponsoring people with such low values. It's rather sad. The sponsor recipient deserves more than that, really
Empty activity
I'd count the giveaways and IQ quizzes here. As amusing as those are, I'll never count them as articles somehow. It's kind of like posting for the sake of posting but with something that will get interactions, comments and views. It's not real engagement somehow, you won't really learn anything in the end
I mean no offense, I'm just writing my observations and still missing the old read.cash I saw when I first got here
Having many subscribers because of the giveaways was a bit useless, after your giveaways, they don't follow your articles, they aren't even commenting with sense, just nice, keep it up and etc. Now, I don't care if my article is being viewed or commented as long as I published my article and write what I like to write, then complaining that your articles have little views despite having many subscribers they look pathetic by doing that. You can't force somebody to view or comments on your articles.